The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . itherto supported by fathers, and brothers, and sons, werecompelled thenceforth to take care of themselves. From that time a mightychange took place, favorable to female employment. APPROPRIATE OCCUPATIONS. Among the occupations appropriate for women I place the following, intomany of which she has already entered, and all the others she will enter: Sten-ography, and you may find her at nearly all the reportorial
The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . itherto supported by fathers, and brothers, and sons, werecompelled thenceforth to take care of themselves. From that time a mightychange took place, favorable to female employment. APPROPRIATE OCCUPATIONS. Among the occupations appropriate for women I place the following, intomany of which she has already entered, and all the others she will enter: Sten-ography, and you may find her at nearly all the reportorial stands in our educa-tional, political and religious meetings. Savings banks, the work clean and hon-orable, and who so great a right to toil there ? for a woman founded the firstsavings bank, Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield. Copyists, and there is hardly a profes-sional man that does not need the service of her penmanship, and, as amanuensis,many of the greatest books of our day have been dictated for her writing. Therethey are as florists, and confectioners, and music teachers, and stationers, and book-keepers, for which they are specially qualified by patience and accuracy; and in. GIFT OF BRIDEGROOM. C107) io8 THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. wood engraving, in which the Cooper Institute has turned out so many qualified;and telegraphy, for which she is specially prepared, as thousands of the telegraphicofiices would testify. Photography, and in nearly all our establishments they maybe found there at cheerful work. As workers in ivory, and gutta-percha, and gum-elastic, and tortoise-shell, and gilding, and in chemicals, in porcelain, in terra cotta,in embroidery. As postmistresses, and the President is giving them appointmentsall over the land. As keepers of light-houses, many of tliem, if they had thechance, ready to do as brave a thing with oar and boat as did Ida Lewis andGrace Darling. As proof-readers, as translators, as modellers, as designers, asdraught-women, as lithographers, as teach
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